Feature The New Tourists The visitors’ books of 19th-century hotels, pubs and inns show Victorians on holiday, revealing them to be irreverent pleasure seekers, capable of highfalutin pomposity and touristic wrath. Alan McNee | Published in History Today Volume 71 Issue 8 August 2021 ‘England & Scotland East Coast Route’ (detail), poster, c.1900 © SSPL/Getty Images. To continue reading this article you will need to purchase access to the online archive. Buy Online Access Buy Print & Archive Subscription If you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email digital@historytoday.com if you have any problems.